Saints Cyril and Methodius - Petrohrad, CZ
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N 50° 07.489 E 013° 26.689
33U E 388835 N 5553666
Plastika Svatých Cyrila a Metodeje na Ceste ceských svatých v Petrohrade.
Waymark Code: WM13CFA
Location: Ústecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 11/08/2020
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Statue of Saints Cyril and Methodius near Petrohrad, the first one on Czech Saints Sculpture Trail.
Cyril (born Constantine, 826–869) and Methodius (815–885) were two brothers and Byzantine Christian theologians and missionaries. For their work evangelizing the Slavs, they are known as the "Apostles to the Slavs".
They are credited with devising the Glagolitic alphabet, the first alphabet used to transcribe Old Church Slavonic. After their deaths, their pupils continued their missionary work among other Slavs. Both brothers are venerated in the Orthodox Church as saints with the title of "equal-to-apostles". In 1880, Pope Leo XIII introduced their feast into the calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1980, Pope John Paul II declared them co-patron saints of Europe, together with Benedict of Nursia.